A document discusses the design of orbits of spacecraft for relaying communications between Earth stations and robotic and human explorers in craters in one of the polar regions on the Moon.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ELLIPTICAL ORBITS, SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION, LUNAR...
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Programmable network elements are the building blocks of the emerging 'Global Environment for Networking Innovations (GENI) initiative – targeted at developing the next generation of networking and distributed system architectures. The hardware platforms for these programmable network elements must be versatile; they must facilitate rapid development of a wide-range of high-throughput packet processing applications. Programmable network processors (NPs) – and more generally, the emerging...
Topics: Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research Audio MP3 Archive, Venkat Padmanabhan, Jayaram Mudigonda
This study investigates 311 first-year students' psychological and behavior adaptation to college and the mediate role of coping strategies and social support. The investigates reveal that: (1) first-year students who are from countryside, live in poor families, speak in dialects or major in science and engineering have poorer adaptation to college than their counterparts; (2) first-year students' psychological and behavior adaptation to college was influenced by not only directly coping...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Coping, Social Support Groups, Majors...
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Management of groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents, perchlorate, and explosives is one of the Department of Defense's (DoD's) greatest environmental challenges. Chlorinated solvents have been used for years in both the military and commercial sectors for cleaning and degreasing many products and equipment including aircraft engines, automobile and truck parts, electronic components, and clothing. Widespread use of these compounds has resulted in impacts to the environment. Because...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Borden, Robert C, SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RALEIGH NC, *OILS,...
Appropriately combining information sources to form a more effective output than any of the individual sources is a broad topic that has been researched in many forms. This dissertation addresses one subfield of this domain: leveraging locality when combining classifiers for text classification. We begin by discussing the role calibrated probabilities play when combining classifiers. Reflecting on the lessons learned from the study of calibration, we go on to define local calibration,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bennett, Paul N, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE,...
The goal of the project was to make ion channels into practical devices that can be controlled for medical and technological use. Ion channels are proteins embedded in the lipid membrane of biological cells. Because of their structural characteristics, ion channels are responsible for regulating the flux of ionic charge across the cellular membrane. This particular effort pursued the integration of natural ion channels and artificial microelectronic components in hybrid bio-devices that couple...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Eisenberg, Robert, RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER CHICAGO IL, *IONIC...
As crude oil prices and worldwide competition for fuel continue to increase, there are added pressures on the United States to simultaneously conserve fuel as well as seek new sources of energy for power generation and transportation systems. Within the U.S. military, increasing costs of fuel directly affect the ability to carry out military missions. Hence it is imperative that the Department of Defense, and the Air Force in particular (as the largest consumer of fuel within the DoD), explore...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Karagozian, Ann, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (AIR FORCE) WASHINGTON DC, *EFFICIENCY,...
The research objective of this 4-year study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a minimal contact Internet-base behavioral therapy plus usual care (MCBT + UC) for controlling overweight in the USAF personnel using a controlled experimental comparison of usual care (UC). Subject included personnel who are 5 lbs below their Maximum Allowable Weight (MAW) and heavier. Effectiveness of MCBT + UC was compared to UC in terms of weight loss. Outcomes were measured at 6 months and 12 months. A total...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Foreyt, John P, BAYLOR COLL OF MEDICINE HOUSTON TX, *AIR FORCE PERSONNEL, *OBESITY,...
The Rational Sequence computer program described elsewhere includes a subprogram that utilizes the capability for aspect-oriented programming when that capability is present. This subprogram is denoted the Rational Sequence (AspectJ) component because it uses AspectJ, which is an extension of the Java programming language that introduces aspect-oriented programming techniques into the language
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT...
Decelerator System Simulation (DSS) is a computer program for predicting and analyzing the dynamics of a load of cargo dropped with parachutes from an aircraft.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMS, PARACHUTES, SIMULATION, AIR DROP...
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A computational flow field analysis is presented of the effect of core cowl porosity on shock cell strength for a modern separate flow nozzle at cruise conditions. The goal of this study was to identify the primary physical mechanisms by which the application of porosity can reduce shock cell strength and hence the broadband shock associated noise. The flow is simulated by solving the asymptotically steady, compressible, Reynoldsaveraged Navier-Stokes equations on a structured grid using an...
Topics: AEROTHERMODYNAMICS, PROTUBERANCES, STRESS ANALYSIS, EXTERNAL TANKS, DEBRIS, CAVITIES, SPACECRAFT...
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In this article, the author introduces the new superintendent of Memphis City Schools, Dr. Carol R. Johnson's slogan "Relationships, Responsibility, and Results," which summed up what she learned from years of experience in public schools. "Respect" was later added to the slogan in order to support the new district-wide behavior initiative ending the use of corporal punishment and instituting a new structure for promoting self-discipline and positive student behavior. Three...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Behavior, Middle Schools, Discipline, Functional Behavioral Assessment,...
This thesis points out the main problems consisting in general education in higher education institutions (HEIs) of China mainland. General education needs to be further improved and so does the quality of general education curriculum. The faculty construction should be more reasonable; the teaching administration models and the evaluation system should also be perfected. This thesis is also aimed to put forward the countermeasures: to pay more attention to general education, improve the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, General Education, College Curriculum,...
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The Gazette of India Extraordinary Gazette Published by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India Published in 2006, Issue Number 1380 Ministry: Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Subject: The Central Government’s intentions to acquire the land for building (four-laning) of National Highway No. 46 on the Krishnagiri-Ranipet Section in District Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Topic: Extraordinary Gazette of India
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Originally released in 1984, this blend of reggaeton, disco, Eastern European and Middle East flavors takes on the Iraq War and all military conflict.
Topics: Iraq, Love, Reggaeton, Middle East, Chris Owens, George Bush
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ridderradio guus jan lieberwerth dirk-jan bubblin toorop floris andringa live radio show standup dutch improvisation puppet radio
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Topics: Mercenaries, Military, History, History - Military / War, USA, Corporate & Business History -...
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headLINES Skype announces ringtone deal Wallop will go public soon fall 2006 RFID purse Mark Cuban is the latest to have radio show on satellite radio Mark Cuban invests in Goowy ShopWiki ClaimID inSITE ThinkVitamin webPICK FreshDevices (Mike) Zookoda (Amber)
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In the Kaluza-Klein model with a cosmological constant and a flux, the external spacetime and its dimension of the created universe from a $S^s \times S^{n-s}$ seed instanton can be identified in quantum cosmology. One can also show that in the internal space the effective cosmological constant is most probably zero.
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0605012v1
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Alexei Bazavov; Bernd A. Berg; Alexander Velytsky
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Motivated by questions about the QCD deconfining phase transition, we studied in two previous papers Model A (Glauber) dynamics of 2D and 3D Potts models, focusing on structure factor evolution under heating (heating in the gauge theory notation, i.e., cooling of the spin systems). In the present paper we set for 3D Potts models (Ising and 3-state) the scale of the dynamical effects by comparing to equilibrium results at first and second order phase transition temperatures, obtained by...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0605001v1
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Many and very general arguments indicate that the event horizon behaves as a stretched membrane. We explore this analogy by associating the Gregory-Laflamme instability of black strings with a classical membrane instability known as Rayleigh-Plateau instability. We show that the key features of the black string instability can be reproduced using this viewpoint. In particular, we get good agreement for the threshold mode in all dimensions and exact agreement for large spacetime dimensionality....
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0602017v3
Last December's riots in Sydney's south raised once again the ongoing controversy over Australia's version of multiculturalism. The author of this article argues that 1970s multiculturalism, whatever its strengths then, needs to be revisited and revised to allow for a stronger affirmation of our common humanity. (Contains 9 endnotes.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Policy Analysis, Humanism, Social History,...
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of "Data Notes" compares students in the 2002 Achieving the Dream cohort in terms of achievement and persistence over three academic years based on Pell Grant receipt. The results reveal a complicated relationship between Pell Grant receipt and measures of student success. Students who received Pell Grants needed more developmental education than those who did not receive these grants, but were also more likely...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Credits, Grants, Student Financial Aid,...
The global movement to improve education by decentralizing governance and financial management and by holding school personnel accountable for outcomes aligned with standards extends even to traditionally centralized systems in Asia. The author explores research questions related to how resources are acquired, who decides how best to use resources within schools, and accountability for school performance in Taiwan. During 2004-2005, the author interviewed principals of nine elementary, junior...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Special Programs, School Personnel, Money Management,...
This report proposes a more reliable method of determining the subsidies required by independent students. The current Federal methodology for need analysis provides a crude index for determining eligibility. This report takes an innovative approach to determining independent students' ability to pay for education. It challenges many of the fundamental tenets of traditional need analysis and proposes new ways of thinking about the resources available to independent students in varying...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Paying for College, Self Supporting Students, Public Policy, Student Financial Aid,...
Bounds are established for log cross-product ratios (log odds ratios) involving pairs of items for item response models. First, expressions for bounds on log cross-product ratios are provided for unidimensional item response models in general. Then, explicit bounds are obtained for the Rasch model and the two-parameter logistic (2PL) model. Results are also illustrated through an example from a study of model-checking procedures. The bounds obtained can provide a basis for assessment of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Item Response Theory, Models, Goodness of Fit, Item Analysis, Statistical Analysis,...
DOD is not meeting original cost, schedule, and performance goals established for the TSAT program. When the program was initiated in 2004, DOD estimated TSAT's total acquisition cost to be $15.5 billion and that it would launch the first satellite in April 2011. TSAT's current official cost estimate is nearly $16 billion, and the initial launch date has slipped September 2014-a delay of over 3 years. Furthermore, DOD has changed the TSAT program to an incremental development approach and under...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC, *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, *COST...
With Russia's inability to improve conditions in Chechnya and the international community's failed attempts to negotiate a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, Islamic extremism in Chechnya is growing precipitously and risks spilling over into the neighboring republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria and the neighboring country of Georgia. The question this paper addresses, therefore, is: does the unresolved Chechen conflict and the spread of Islamic extremism warrant U.S....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Johnson, Mark E, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF...
Several novel shaped cathodes for a relativistic magnetron were modeled and optimized using a massively parallel electromagnetic particle-in-cell code ICEPIC. The effect of using a shaped cathode to enhance key performance parameters such as output power, power efficiency and impedance, was examined. In simulations we saw a dramatic increase in the range of magnetic field in which the magnetron functions, an increase of output power, an increase in efficiency, an elimination of mode...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB KIRTLAND AFB NM, *MAGNETRONS, *CATHODES, ELECTROMAGNETIC...
Aircraft engine components are often an assembly of several parts that are manufactured using various processes: deep drawing, machining, among others. Sheet metal forming requires expensive tooling and is performed in numerous steps, increasing lead-time. Furthermore, with the ever-increasing costs of raw material, machining parts out of forged or cast rings is becoming less cost effective as up to 90% of the material can be wasted. For these reasons, the use of near net shape manufacturing...
Topics: DTIC Archive, PRATT AND WHITNEY CANADA CORP LONGUEUIL (QUEBEC), *ENGINE COMPONENTS, *MACHINING,...
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Moulton, Karl
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Topics: Numismatics, American Numismatic Literature, Fixed Price Lists
African American men are at greater risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer compared to white men. This disparity is likely due to a number of factors including environmental and genetic factors. The Flint Men s Health Study (FMHS) was established in 1995 as a population-based case-control study of African American men aged 40-79 residing in Genesee County, Michigan. The initial sample consisted of 730 men who completed an in-home interview consisting of potential risk factors for...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sarma, Aruna, MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR, *HORMONES, *GENETICS, *AFRICAN AMERICANS,...
Some breast cancer cases in our previous immunohistochemical studies show Met expression in the nucleus. Given nuclear localization of other receptor tyrosine kinases, we proceeded to investigate Met. Nuclear Met is seen in numerous cell lines and in germinal regions of many tissues using 4 unique antibodies. Cell fractionation reveals a 60kDa band recognized by C-terminal Met antibodies that is present independent of HGF treatment. GFP fusion proteins of the cytoplasmic domain of Met...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Moulis, Sharon P, YALE UNIV NEW HAVEN CT, *CELLS(BIOLOGY), *NUCLEI, *BREAST CANCER,...
This first interim report describes the development of dune erosion algorithms based on an analysis of existing approaches; it describes the activities related to the ShoreCirc model required to make it suitable for modeling of the nearshore hydrodynamics during hurricanes and it describes a newly developed model for inner surfzone swash and overwash processes. Significant progress was made here and a set of Matlab routines providing much of the needed functionality is included for evaluation...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Roelvink, Dano, UNESCO-THE INST FOR WATER EDUCATION DELFT (NETHERLANDS),...
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We study noncommutative field theories, which are inherently nonlocal, using a Poincar\'e-invariant regularisation scheme which yields an effective, nonlocal theory for energies below a cut-off scale. After discussing the general features and the peculiar advantages of this regularisation scheme for theories defined in noncommutative spaces, we focus our attention onto the particular case when the noncommutativity parameter is inversely proportional to the square of the cut-off, via a...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604061v2
The first objective of this effort, searching for new quantum algorithms, created six new quantum hidden subgroup algorithms. The second objective, improving the theoretical understanding of existing quantum algorithms, produced three new systematic procedures. Also, application of combinatorial group theory led to substantial progress in the understanding and analysis of nonabelian quantum hidden subgroup algorithms. Additionally, methods and techniques of quantum topology have been used to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lomonaco, Samuel J, MARYLAND UNIV BALTIMORE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ELECTRICAL...
Violence involving sailors is a problem that the Commander, THIRD fleet is committed to addressing. This study examined the relationship between sailor violence and location, time of year, policy directives, global tensions, and communication practices aimed at violence prevention. Results indicate that the reporting of violent incidents is often incomplete or inaccurate, which affects the Navy's ability to come to certain conclusions. However, the data suggest that sailors in pay grades from...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cox, Gregory V, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND...
Accurate ocean forecast requires and combines knowledge in physics, mathematics, computer sciences, drawing greatest advantage of the new technologies for access, analysis and distribution of the data. We will describe NCOM_OS, a portable, relocatable, and user-friendly prediction system based on the Naval Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM). The system has been developed and routinely applied in support of naval operation. With this product, analysis and prediction can be provided for any part of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Peggion, Germania, NEW ORLEANS UNIV LA DEPT OF PHYSICS, *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION,...
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The Propulsion Systems Laboratory at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center is one of the premier U.S. facilities for research on advanced aeropropulsion systems. The facility can simulate a wide range of altitude and Mach number conditions while supplying the aeropropulsion system with all the support services necessary to operate at those conditions. Test data are recorded on a combination of steady-state and highspeed data-acquisition systems. Recently...
Topics: CALIBRATING, SPHERES, SPECTRA, STABILITY TESTS, SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE, RADIOMETERS, SURFACE...
In the latter part of last year a Macquarie University academic aroused outrage with his comments over the supposed links between race and criminality. For his colleagues and the union alike, the case provided a difficult example of the clash of shared academic values and the right to speak. Here four participants in the controversy-- from NTEU's National President to colleagues--reflect on the thorny matters at issue. These include: (1) Beyond "Political Correctness" (Carolyn...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Racial Relations, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Academic Freedom,...
We determine the masses and magnitude difference of the components of the Hyades spectroscopic binary theta(2) Tauri. We find that both components appear to be less massive and/or brighter than predicted from some recent evolutionary models. The rapid rotation and unknown rotational inclination of both components introduce uncertainty in their luminosities and colors, but not enough to reconcile both of them with the evolutionary models. We measured the visual orbit with the Mark III optical...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Armstrong, J T, NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC REMOTE SENSING DIV, *MASS, *BINARY...
Xavier University (XU) and the Tulane Cancer Center (TCC) will build a core of human talent that will address scientific problems such as drug resistance and the effect of environmental agents on breast cancer (BC) in the African-American community. A multi-part research and training program will generate data, develop new research programs and train new faculty and African-American students in BC research. The first component will fund two research projects. The Wang and Burow project will...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wiese, Thomas E, XAVIER UNIV OF LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, *AFRICAN AMERICANS, *BREAST...
This paper presents a brief overview of the Electra laser system and report on the most recent results. The laser system consists of an electron beam pumped main amplifier with an aperture of 30x30 cm2, an e-beam pumped 10x10 cm2 pre-amplifier, and a commercial discharge laser serving as the seed oscillator. The main amplifier, currently operated as an oscillator, has demonstrated single shot and rep-rate laser energies exceeding 700 J, with a pulse width of 100 ns at 248 nm. Continuous...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC PLASMA PHYSICS DIV, *ELECTRON BEAMS, REPETITION...
An investigation on side jets in an M = 5.0 flow was conducted on a flat plate as well as on a generic missile configuration. Surface pressure measurements, oil flow visualisations, force measurements and associated numerical simulations gave insight into the interaction of different jet configurations and their influence on the efficiency of side jet control described by the amplification factor. The analysis of the data especially in the wake of the jet showed that the low pressure region is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER GOTTINGEN (GERMANY), *SUPERSONIC FLOW, *GUIDED MISSILES, LOW...
CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN TO GETTING BETTER OUTCOMES: How will initiatives like strengthened focus on SE, EMRLS, etc., succeed when incentives encourage starting programs too early, making revolutionary technical leaps, underestimating cost and risk, and promising record delivery times? * Can we employ evolutionary acquisition and trade requirements to match a 5-year cycle and to mature technologies? * Can we provide S&T the funds, organization, and authority to do the necessary...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC, *KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS, *WEAPON...
